Of all the members of the Seattle Seahawks to be lampooned for the fateful play call on Russell Wilson’s game-sealing interception in last year’s Super Bowl loss to the New England Patriots, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has arguably taken the worst of it.

Fair or not, Bevell’s call to run a quick slant to wide receiver Ricardo Lockette instead of handing the ball to running back Marshawn Lynch will forever live in football infamy as one of the most second-guessed play calls in NFL history.

Now, for the first time, Bevell has spoken (somewhat) in-depth about the thinking behind that final call — and the backlash he dealt with in the aftermath.

Speaking with Sports Illustrated’s Peter King in an interview published on Thursday, Bevell echoed the same sentiment that Seahawks coach Pete Carroll espoused all offseason: That the final call was simply a worst-case outcome, as opposed to an inherently bad decision.

“That play we called will always be there to drive me,” Bevell told King. “I wouldn’t change it, I think it was the right thing.”

Bevell said that the toughest aspect of being the subject of the national mockery that ensued after the call was the effect that it had on his wife and daughters.

But he also says that he understands that level of scrutiny simply comes with the territory of being an offensive coordinator in the NFL.

“I worry about my family, my girls, my wife,” Bevell said. “I worry about those people more than I do myself. I understand what comes with the job we do and they (the family) understand what comes with it. That doesn’t make it any easier, but once I knew all the stuff around it, why we did it and everything that happened, I was able to move on with it.”

This is likely to be of little consolation to Seahawks fans who may still be wondering why, with just one yard between them and a second-consecutive Super Bowl title, Seattle would choose to run a pass play for Lockette instead of handing it to the NFL’s top power runner.

However, as he shifts his focus to preparing Seattle’s offense for the upcoming season, Bevell says he is at peace with the thought process that lead the call, even if the end-result was disastrous.

“In terms of totally moving on, that night is rough, the next morning is rough, getting on the plane is rough,” he said. “But as soon as I got here and I was able to watch it for myself on the tape and see our copy and look at it that way and do the analyzing of it, once that was over I was able to put it behind me. I’m okay. I really am.”